Bittersweet chocolate is a form of sweetened chocolate that does not have milk in any way shape or form. It is mainly chocolate liquor, sugar,cocoa butter and vanilla. Often, lecithin is added as an emulsifying agent. In the United States of America the Food and Drug Administration requires that bittersweet chocolate has at least 35% chocolate…
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Jeannie's Fruit Punch
This recipe is from Jeannie, the mother of Maryse one of my best friends from childhood. While we were growing up (approximately 11-16 years old in the late 1980’s), Jeannie and Jose would invite a group of 5 or 6 of their daughter’s girlfriends to spend the weekend on their boat the week of her…
Simple Whipped Potatoes
Simple whipped potatoes is a basic recipe that every cook should know. Everyone big and small likes mashed potatoes and they go with almost everything. Believe me, this is so easy and delicious you will never make those instant mashed potato packets again in your life! A few days ago I made a batch and…
Brown Sugar Pork Tenderloin
This is a delicious easy alternative for a week day family dinner. You can leave the pork tenderloins seasoned the night before. The brown sugar gives the tenderloin a sweet golden finish and helps make an amazing onion cream sauce. It is different and tastes so good! I use fresh rosemary from my herb garden…
Capellini with tomato, garlic and basil
I love pasta! Capellini is very thin spaghetti sometimes called angel hair pasta. My favorite way to make it is short and simple; with olive oil, tomato, garlic and basil. Fresh, light and satisfying! May be served as a side dish or as a light meal. I also like to serve it cold from the…
Habichuelas Rosadas Guisadas Fáciles (Easy Stewed Pink Beans)
There is no question that this side dish is the traditional Puertorican complement to white rice, fried plantains and sauteed beef tenderloin with onions (arroz blanco, habichuelas guisadas, tostones/amarillos, y bistec encebollado). Of course, for purists of Puertorrican cooking this fast track version of “Habichuelas Guisadas” is a sacrilege (how dramatic!) because I am using…